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LEOPOLD DE LAOEE, OF NEWARK, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN MACHINES FOR LOADING HAY.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 45,394, dated December 13, 1864.

To all whom fit may concern.-

Be it known that I, LEOPOLD DE LACE, of Newark, in the county of Wayne and State ot New York, have invented anew and Improved Machine for Loading Hay and Grain; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereot', which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ot this specitication, in which- Figure 1, Sheet No. 1, is a front sectionalview of my invention, taken in the line x ai, Fig. 2, Sheet No. 2. Fig. 2, Sheet 2, is a side sectional View ofthe same, taken in the line y y, Fig. 1, Sheet No. 1.

Similar letters ot' reference indicate like parts.

This invention relates toa new and improved machine for raking up hay or grain from the iield after being dried or cured, where cut and left by the harvester, and deposit-ing the same on the cart or wagon.

The invention is designed to obviate as far as possible manual labor; in the harvesting of grass andgrain by enabling one or two hands to keep pace with the mowingmachine or reaper-that is to say,to gather or take in in a given time as much hay or grain as agrass or grain harvester can ont.

At present farmers experience much didicnlty in harvesting grass and grain out by a harvester. rlhe latter does its work so rapidly, cutting aboutone acre per hour, that a large force of men is required to take in the crop, and when labor is scarce great risk is incurred, the grass or grain on account ot' long exposure to the weather beingfrequently damaged by rain or by being burned by the sun. Besides the advantage ot' rapidity in gathering the crop, my invention possesses that ot' economy, dispensing with hand or machine raking, binding', Snc.

Arepresents the frame ot' the machine, which is mounted on three wheels, B B O, the wheels B B being at the rear of the trame, one at each side, and the wheel C being at the iront end of the draft-pole D, the former being acasterwheel. (See Fig. 2.)

E represents an endless carrier, composed of a series ot' slats, a, which may be of wood, attached near their ends to endless bands b b,

| which may be of' leatheror othersuitable iiexible material. This carrierE works over suitable rollers or pulleys, c, placed in the frame A, and in an inclined portion, F,A attached to it. the portion F being composed of two parts, d d', one, d, being slightly inclined from a vertical plane and the other, d', which projects from the upper end of d, being slightly inclined tromV a horizontal plane, as shown clearly in Fig. 1. The part d of the portion F of the framing is rigidly attached to the part d.; but the latter is not rigidly attached to A, but is fitted at its .lower end on ashat't-,G,in A. The

lower end of d' projects a tritie below the shaft Gr, and it has a shaft, H. fitted in it, on one end ot which a pinion, I, is keyed, the latter, when the machine is at work, gearing into a wheel, J, which is attached to or cast with one 'of the wheels B ooncentrically at its outer side.

tached to uprights g on the frame A, said bar,

K being attached to arms L L, which are eonnccted with the portion Fof the framing.

M represents what I term a supplemental earrier,7 which is constructed in precisely the same way as the carrier E, and works over rollers or pulleys h in a rectangular frame, N, which is attached to the part d of the portion F of the framing by means of parallel bars t?, the ends of the latter being connected to N and F by pivots j. The frame N is directly opposite the part cl ot' F, as shown in Fig. 1, and the carrier M will have a tendency, under the gravity ot' the frame N, to work in cont-act with the part ot the carrierE which is infront ot' the part d ot' the portion F of the framing. It the gravity of the frame N is not suicient to effect this result, springs or a weight may be used in addition to it.

In order to avoid confusion, I will proceed to describe the operation ot' the carriers E M. The carrier E, as the machine is drawn along, is moved in the direction indicated by the arrow 1, and the hay or grain is thrown upon the horizontal. part of E over the frame A and is carried up between Eand the carrier M, the latter holding or clamping the hay or grain, as will be fully understood by referring to Fig. l, and causing it to reach the part d ot'F, over which it passes, and is discharged into the cart or wagon, the part d being elevated somewhat higher than the load on the cart or wagon is designed to reach.

It has been stated that motion is given the carrier E through the medium of the gearing I J. These, however, are not all. The shaft H has a pulley, O, on its end opposite to that where the pinion I is keyed, and a belt, r, passes around said pulley and a pulley, P, on one end of a shaft, Q, in the upper part ot' d ofF, said shaft Q having two wiper-Wheels, R R, upon it, which engage With or catch under the slats a of E, and cause the'same to be moved.

The machine is connected to one side of the cart or wagon by means of a chain, S, which is connected to thedraft-pole D,apole or reach extending from .the side of the draft-pole to the cart or wagon to keep the machine in proper relative position with the cart or wagon. Any proper means, however, may -be employed for connecting the machine with the cart or wagon. l

l will now proceed to describe the raking device, or the means by which the hay or grain is raked up and deposited upon the carrier E..

At the back part of the frame A there is fitted in uprights g a horizontal shaft, T, on each end of which` there is a pinion, U, placed loosely, and so arranged as to turn backward without communicating motion to shaft T, but when turned forward causing the shaft T to turn with them. This result is attained by means ofa spring, m,'and aclutchm, as shown in Fig. l. Other means, however, may be employed for the purpose. l

On the shaft T there are placed a' series of )alle 1s, U', and two swin vin0r frames V V a l Q e 1 v shaft, W, being in the lower part of each of the latter, each shaft NV having a pulley, X, upon it, said Vpulleys having grooved peripheries.

Around the pulleys U on the shaft T endless belts or chains Y pass, to which slats or.

rods Z are attached by joints o. These rods Z have short wire teeth p secured to them in the same manner that the wire teeth of horserakes are attached to their shaft. These endless belts, rods, and teeth form endless rakes, which are designated by A".

At the center of each rod Z there is attached a block or bearing, q, which passes ory works over the pulleys X, and said blocks or bearings, as they come in contact with and pass around the pulleys X, serve to turn the teeth pin such a position as to enable them to act enable them to hold or retain their load while being conveyed to the carrier E, the teeth 1J dropping to discharge their load ont-he carrier E when the arms r pass from underneath the upper or front ends ofthe bars A. (See Fig. 2.) The pinions U U on the shaft T gear, one into the wheel J, which is provided with tvo sets of teeth-one for the pinion `I and the other for the pinion U-the other pinion U gearing into a wheel, B', on the other wheel B. The shaft T is allowed to slide in its bearings, so-that the pinions U U may be shoved in and'out of gear with the wheels J B by means of a lever, C.

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. The supplemental endless carrier M, when arranged in the manner substantially as shown and described, so as to be capable of adjusting itself either wholly or partiallyby its own gravity to operate in connection with the main carrier, as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The endless rakes AX, in combination with the pulleys X,-bearings q, and bars A', all arranged, substantially as shown, for the purpose of raking up the hay or grain and depositing it upon the carrier E, as described.

3. The arrangement of the frames A F and carrier-driving gear I J, substantially as herein shown and described, lor the purpose of rendering the carriers operative and inoperative when desired. l

4. The combination of the endless carriers E M, endless rakes AX, mounted on wheels, and all constructed and arranged to operate, when attached to a cart or wagon, substantially as and for the 4purpose herein set forth.

LEOPOLD DE LACE.

Witnesses J. P. HALL, THEO. TUscr-r. 

